Leah
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weary; tired
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
LEAH.The elder daughter of Laban, married to Jacob by stratagem (Gen_29:21 ff.). Jacobs love for her was less than for Rachel (Gen_29:30); sometimes she is said to be hated (Gen_29:31; Gen_29:33). She was the mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter Dinah (Gen_29:31-35, Gen_30:18; Gen_30:20-21). She was buried in the cave of Machpelah before Jacob went to Egypt (Gen_49:31). She is mentioned in Rth_4:11. Her name probably means mistress, equivalent to Assyrian liat (Haupt, GGN [Note: GN Nachrichten der konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.] , 1883, p. 100, and others). This is preferable to the view that it means wild cow, from the Arabic, chiefly because the correspondence in form of the words is more exact.
George R. Berry.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See JACOB; LABAN.) She was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen_49:31).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Le'ah. (wearied). The daughter of Laban. Gen_29:16 The dullness or weakness of her eyes was so notable that it is mentioned as a contrast to the beautiful form and appearance of her younger sister Rachel. Her father took advantage of the opportunity which the local marriage rite afforded to pass her off in her sister's stead on the unconscious bridegroom, and excused himself to Jacob by alleging that the custom of the country forbade the younger sister to be given first in marriage.
Jacob's preference of Rachel grew into hatred of Leah after he had married both sisters. Leah, however, bore to him in quick succession Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, then Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah, before Rachel had a child. She died some time after Jacob reached the south country in which his father Isaac lived. She was buried in the family grave in Machpelah, near Hebron. Gen_49:31. (B.C. about 1720).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Being the mother of six of Jacobs twelve sons, Leah had an important role as one of the mothers of the Israelite nation (Gen_30:1-19; Gen_35:23). She was not the wife Jacob chose for himself, and the ill-feeling between her and Jacobs chosen wife Rachel created many difficulties in Jacobs household. (For details see JACOB; RACHEL.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
lē?a (לאה, lē'āh; Λεία, Leı́a, ?weary,? ?dull?(?), ?wild cow?): Rachel's sister, and the elder daughter of Laban (Gen_29:16). We are told that her eyes were ?tender? רכּות, rakkōth). Gesenius renders it ?weak,? Septuagint ἀσθενεῖς, astheneı́s; accordingly, she was weak-eyed, but by no means ?blear-eyed? (compare Vulgate). Her eyes were lacking that luster which always and everywhere is looked upon as a conspicuous part of female beauty. Josephus (Ant., I, xix, 7) says of her, τὴν ὄψιν οὐκ εὐπρεπῆ, tḗn ópsin ouk euprepḗ, which may safely be rendered, ?she was of no comely countenance.?
Leah became the wife of Jacob by a ruse on the part of her father, taking advantage of the oriental custom of heavily veiling the prospective bride. When taken to task by his irate son-in-law, Laban excused himself by stating it was against the rule of the place ?to give the younger before the first-born? (Gen_29:21-26). Although Rachel was plainly preferred by Jacob to Leah, still the latter bore him six sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah (Gen_29:31 ff), Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter, Dinah (Gen_30:17-21). Up to this time Rachel had not been blessed with children of her own. Thus the lesson is brought home to us that Yahweh has a special and kindly regard for the lowly and despised, provided they learn, through their troubles and afflictions, to look to Him for help and success. It seems that homely Leah was a person of deep-rooted piety and therefore better suited to become instrumental in carrying out the plans of Yahweh than her handsome, but worldly-minded, sister Rachel.
When Jacob decided to return to the ?land of his fathers,? both of his wives were ready to accompany him (Gen_31:4, Gen_31:14). Before they reached the end of their journey their courage was sorely tried at the time of the meeting between Jacob and his brother Esau. Although Leah was placed between the handmaids in the front, and Rachel with her son Joseph in the rear, she still cannot have derived much comfort from her position. We may well imagine her feeling of relief when she saw Esau and his 400 men returning to Seir (Gen_33:2, Gen_33:16).
According to Gen_49:31, Leah was buried at Machpelah. We cannot know for a certainty that she died before Jacob's going down to Egypt, though it is very likely. If she went down with her husband and died in Egypt, he had her body sent to the family burying-place. Rth_4:11 discloses the fact that her memory was not forgotten by future generations. When Boaz took Ruth for a wife the witnesses exclaimed, ?Yahweh make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Le?ah (wearied), one of the two daughters of Laban who became the wives of Jacob [JACOB].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Leah
(Heb. Leah', לֵאָה, weary; Sept. Λεία,Vulg. Lia), the eldest daughter of the Aramaean Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen_29:16). Instead of the latter, for whom he had served seven years, Jacob took her through a deceit of her father, who was unwilling to give his younger daughter in marriage first, contrary to the usages of the East (Gen_29:22 sq.; compare Rosenmüller, Morgenl. 1:138 sq.). B.C. 1920. She was less beautiful than her younger sister (comp. Josephus, Ant. 1:19, 7), having also weak eyes ( עֵינִיַם רִכּוֹתSept. ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀσθενεῖς , Vulg. lippis oculis, Auth.Vers. tender-eyed, Gen_29:17; comp. the opposite quality as a recommendation, 1Sa_16:12), which probably accounts for Jacob's preference of Rachel both at first and ever afterwards, especially as he was not likely ever to love cordially one whom he did not voluntarily marry (comp. Gen_30:20). SEE RACHEL.
Leah bore to Jacob, before her sister had any children, six sons, namely, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah (Gen_29:32 sq.), Issachar, and Zebulon (Gen_30:17 sq.; compare 35:23); also one daughter, Dinah (Gen_30:21), besides the two sons borne by her maid Zilpah, and reckoned as hers, namely, Gad and Asher (Gen_30:9), all within the space of seven years, B.C. 1919-1913. SEE CONCUBINE; SEE SLAVE.
Leah was conscious and resentful (chap. 30) of the smaller share she possessed in her husband's affections; yet in Jacob's differences with his father-in-law his two wives appear to be attached to him with equal fidelity. In the critical moment when he expected an attack from Esau, his discriminate regard for the several members of his family was shown by his placing Rachel and her children hindermost, in the least exposed situation, Leah and her children next, and the two handmaids with their children in the front. Leah probably lived to witness the dishonor of her daughter (ch. 34), so cruelly avenged by two of her sons, and the subsequent deaths of Deborah at Bethel, and of Rachel near Bethlehem. Leah appears to have died in Canaan, since she is not mentioned in the migration to Egypt (Gen_46:5), and was buried in the family cemetery at Hebron (Gen_49:31). SEE JACOB.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
LEAH.The elder daughter of Laban, married to Jacob by stratagem (Gen_29:21 ff.). Jacobs love for her was less than for Rachel (Gen_29:30); sometimes she is said to be hated (Gen_29:31; Gen_29:33). She was the mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter Dinah (Gen_29:31-35, Gen_30:18; Gen_30:20-21). She was buried in the cave of Machpelah before Jacob went to Egypt (Gen_49:31). She is mentioned in Rth_4:11. Her name probably means mistress, equivalent to Assyrian liat (Haupt, GGN [Note: GN Nachrichten der konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.] , 1883, p. 100, and others). This is preferable to the view that it means wild cow, from the Arabic, chiefly because the correspondence in form of the words is more exact.
George R. Berry.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See JACOB; LABAN.) She was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen_49:31).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Le'ah. (wearied). The daughter of Laban. Gen_29:16 The dullness or weakness of her eyes was so notable that it is mentioned as a contrast to the beautiful form and appearance of her younger sister Rachel. Her father took advantage of the opportunity which the local marriage rite afforded to pass her off in her sister's stead on the unconscious bridegroom, and excused himself to Jacob by alleging that the custom of the country forbade the younger sister to be given first in marriage.
Jacob's preference of Rachel grew into hatred of Leah after he had married both sisters. Leah, however, bore to him in quick succession Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, then Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah, before Rachel had a child. She died some time after Jacob reached the south country in which his father Isaac lived. She was buried in the family grave in Machpelah, near Hebron. Gen_49:31. (B.C. about 1720).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Being the mother of six of Jacobs twelve sons, Leah had an important role as one of the mothers of the Israelite nation (Gen_30:1-19; Gen_35:23). She was not the wife Jacob chose for himself, and the ill-feeling between her and Jacobs chosen wife Rachel created many difficulties in Jacobs household. (For details see JACOB; RACHEL.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
lē?a (לאה, lē'āh; Λεία, Leı́a, ?weary,? ?dull?(?), ?wild cow?): Rachel's sister, and the elder daughter of Laban (Gen_29:16). We are told that her eyes were ?tender? רכּות, rakkōth). Gesenius renders it ?weak,? Septuagint ἀσθενεῖς, astheneı́s; accordingly, she was weak-eyed, but by no means ?blear-eyed? (compare Vulgate). Her eyes were lacking that luster which always and everywhere is looked upon as a conspicuous part of female beauty. Josephus (Ant., I, xix, 7) says of her, τὴν ὄψιν οὐκ εὐπρεπῆ, tḗn ópsin ouk euprepḗ, which may safely be rendered, ?she was of no comely countenance.?
Leah became the wife of Jacob by a ruse on the part of her father, taking advantage of the oriental custom of heavily veiling the prospective bride. When taken to task by his irate son-in-law, Laban excused himself by stating it was against the rule of the place ?to give the younger before the first-born? (Gen_29:21-26). Although Rachel was plainly preferred by Jacob to Leah, still the latter bore him six sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah (Gen_29:31 ff), Issachar, Zebulun, and a daughter, Dinah (Gen_30:17-21). Up to this time Rachel had not been blessed with children of her own. Thus the lesson is brought home to us that Yahweh has a special and kindly regard for the lowly and despised, provided they learn, through their troubles and afflictions, to look to Him for help and success. It seems that homely Leah was a person of deep-rooted piety and therefore better suited to become instrumental in carrying out the plans of Yahweh than her handsome, but worldly-minded, sister Rachel.
When Jacob decided to return to the ?land of his fathers,? both of his wives were ready to accompany him (Gen_31:4, Gen_31:14). Before they reached the end of their journey their courage was sorely tried at the time of the meeting between Jacob and his brother Esau. Although Leah was placed between the handmaids in the front, and Rachel with her son Joseph in the rear, she still cannot have derived much comfort from her position. We may well imagine her feeling of relief when she saw Esau and his 400 men returning to Seir (Gen_33:2, Gen_33:16).
According to Gen_49:31, Leah was buried at Machpelah. We cannot know for a certainty that she died before Jacob's going down to Egypt, though it is very likely. If she went down with her husband and died in Egypt, he had her body sent to the family burying-place. Rth_4:11 discloses the fact that her memory was not forgotten by future generations. When Boaz took Ruth for a wife the witnesses exclaimed, ?Yahweh make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Le?ah (wearied), one of the two daughters of Laban who became the wives of Jacob [JACOB].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Leah
(Heb. Leah', לֵאָה, weary; Sept. Λεία,Vulg. Lia), the eldest daughter of the Aramaean Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen_29:16). Instead of the latter, for whom he had served seven years, Jacob took her through a deceit of her father, who was unwilling to give his younger daughter in marriage first, contrary to the usages of the East (Gen_29:22 sq.; compare Rosenmüller, Morgenl. 1:138 sq.). B.C. 1920. She was less beautiful than her younger sister (comp. Josephus, Ant. 1:19, 7), having also weak eyes ( עֵינִיַם רִכּוֹתSept. ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀσθενεῖς , Vulg. lippis oculis, Auth.Vers. tender-eyed, Gen_29:17; comp. the opposite quality as a recommendation, 1Sa_16:12), which probably accounts for Jacob's preference of Rachel both at first and ever afterwards, especially as he was not likely ever to love cordially one whom he did not voluntarily marry (comp. Gen_30:20). SEE RACHEL.
Leah bore to Jacob, before her sister had any children, six sons, namely, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah (Gen_29:32 sq.), Issachar, and Zebulon (Gen_30:17 sq.; compare 35:23); also one daughter, Dinah (Gen_30:21), besides the two sons borne by her maid Zilpah, and reckoned as hers, namely, Gad and Asher (Gen_30:9), all within the space of seven years, B.C. 1919-1913. SEE CONCUBINE; SEE SLAVE.
Leah was conscious and resentful (chap. 30) of the smaller share she possessed in her husband's affections; yet in Jacob's differences with his father-in-law his two wives appear to be attached to him with equal fidelity. In the critical moment when he expected an attack from Esau, his discriminate regard for the several members of his family was shown by his placing Rachel and her children hindermost, in the least exposed situation, Leah and her children next, and the two handmaids with their children in the front. Leah probably lived to witness the dishonor of her daughter (ch. 34), so cruelly avenged by two of her sons, and the subsequent deaths of Deborah at Bethel, and of Rachel near Bethlehem. Leah appears to have died in Canaan, since she is not mentioned in the migration to Egypt (Gen_46:5), and was buried in the family cemetery at Hebron (Gen_49:31). SEE JACOB.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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